diff --git a/velox/buffer/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/buffer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 097f5ee3bb3f..7a5da168dacd 100644
--- a/velox/buffer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/buffer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   velox_memory
   velox_buffer
   velox_test_util
+  velox_file_test_utils
   GTest::gtest
   GTest::gtest_main
   GTest::gmock
diff --git a/velox/common/base/Counters.cpp b/velox/common/base/Counters.cpp
index 1ff64da4232c..e4bfb17c2c05 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/Counters.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/base/Counters.cpp
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ void registerVeloxMetrics() {
   // Total number of SSD evict log file open errors.
   DEFINE_METRIC(kMetricSsdCacheOpenLogErrors, facebook::velox::StatType::SUM);
 
-  // Total number of errors while deleting SSD checkpoint files.
+  // Total number of errors while deleting SSD checkpoint/evictlog files.
   DEFINE_METRIC(
-      kMetricSsdCacheDeleteCheckpointErrors, facebook::velox::StatType::SUM);
+      kMetricSsdCacheMetaFileDeleteErrors, facebook::velox::StatType::SUM);
 
   // Total number of errors while growing SSD cache files.
   DEFINE_METRIC(kMetricSsdCacheGrowFileErrors, facebook::velox::StatType::SUM);
diff --git a/velox/common/base/Counters.h b/velox/common/base/Counters.h
index 076ce4ec68c8..9133d27514f8 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/Counters.h
+++ b/velox/common/base/Counters.h
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ constexpr folly::StringPiece kMetricSsdCacheOpenCheckpointErrors{
 constexpr folly::StringPiece kMetricSsdCacheOpenLogErrors{
     "velox.ssd_cache_open_log_errors"};
 
-constexpr folly::StringPiece kMetricSsdCacheDeleteCheckpointErrors{
-    "velox.ssd_cache_delete_checkpoint_errors"};
+constexpr folly::StringPiece kMetricSsdCacheMetaFileDeleteErrors{
+    "velox.ssd_cache_delete_meta_file_errors"};
 
 constexpr folly::StringPiece kMetricSsdCacheGrowFileErrors{
     "velox.ssd_cache_grow_file_errors"};
diff --git a/velox/common/base/PeriodicStatsReporter.cpp b/velox/common/base/PeriodicStatsReporter.cpp
index 5bd8781a6b08..802ed2037e40 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/PeriodicStatsReporter.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/base/PeriodicStatsReporter.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ void PeriodicStatsReporter::reportCacheStats() {
     REPORT_IF_NOT_ZERO(
         kMetricSsdCacheOpenLogErrors, deltaSsdStats.openLogErrors);
     REPORT_IF_NOT_ZERO(
-        kMetricSsdCacheDeleteCheckpointErrors,
-        deltaSsdStats.deleteCheckpointErrors);
+        kMetricSsdCacheMetaFileDeleteErrors,
+        deltaSsdStats.deleteMetaFileErrors);
     REPORT_IF_NOT_ZERO(
         kMetricSsdCacheGrowFileErrors, deltaSsdStats.growFileErrors);
     REPORT_IF_NOT_ZERO(
diff --git a/velox/common/base/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/common/base/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index a64e83974b6e..79cab65a138f 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/common/base/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ add_executable(velox_common_base_benchmarks BitUtilBenchmark.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(
   velox_common_base_benchmarks
   PUBLIC Folly::follybenchmark
-  PRIVATE velox_common_base Folly::folly)
+  PRIVATE velox_common_base velox_file_test_utils Folly::folly)
 
 add_executable(velox_common_stringsearch_benchmarks StringSearchBenchmark.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   velox_common_stringsearch_benchmarks
   PUBLIC Folly::follybenchmark
-  PRIVATE velox_common_base Folly::folly)
+  PRIVATE velox_common_base velox_file_test_utils Folly::folly)
 
 add_executable(velox_common_indexed_priority_queue_benchmark
                IndexedPriorityQueueBenchmark.cpp)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ add_executable(velox_common_indexed_priority_queue_benchmark
 target_link_libraries(
   velox_common_indexed_priority_queue_benchmark
   PUBLIC Folly::follybenchmark
-  PRIVATE velox_common_base Folly::folly)
+  PRIVATE velox_common_base velox_file_test_utils Folly::folly)
 
 add_executable(velox_common_sorting_network_benchmark
                SortingNetworkBenchmark.cpp)
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ add_executable(velox_common_sorting_network_benchmark
 target_link_libraries(
   velox_common_sorting_network_benchmark
   PUBLIC Folly::follybenchmark
-  PRIVATE velox_common_base Folly::folly)
+  PRIVATE velox_common_base velox_file_test_utils Folly::folly)
diff --git a/velox/common/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/common/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d85566bf4ed..7831d8539669 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/common/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   velox_id_map
   velox_common_base
   velox_memory
+  velox_file_test_utils
   Boost::headers
   gflags::gflags
   glog::glog
@@ -81,5 +82,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
     velox_common_base
     velox_exception
     velox_time
+    velox_file_test_utils
     Folly::folly
     gflags::gflags)
diff --git a/velox/common/base/tests/StatsReporterTest.cpp b/velox/common/base/tests/StatsReporterTest.cpp
index 7d6f08fbe74c..87fadae28665 100644
--- a/velox/common/base/tests/StatsReporterTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/base/tests/StatsReporterTest.cpp
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ TEST_F(PeriodicStatsReporterTest, basic) {
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenSsdErrors.str()), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenCheckpointErrors.str()), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenLogErrors.str()), 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheDeleteCheckpointErrors.str()), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheMetaFileDeleteErrors.str()), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheGrowFileErrors.str()), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheWriteSsdErrors.str()), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheWriteSsdDropped.str()), 0);
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ TEST_F(PeriodicStatsReporterTest, basic) {
   newSsdStats->openFileErrors = 10;
   newSsdStats->openCheckpointErrors = 10;
   newSsdStats->openLogErrors = 10;
-  newSsdStats->deleteCheckpointErrors = 10;
+  newSsdStats->deleteMetaFileErrors = 10;
   newSsdStats->growFileErrors = 10;
   newSsdStats->writeSsdErrors = 10;
   newSsdStats->writeSsdDropped = 10;
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ TEST_F(PeriodicStatsReporterTest, basic) {
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenSsdErrors.str()), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenCheckpointErrors.str()), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheOpenLogErrors.str()), 1);
-    ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheDeleteCheckpointErrors.str()), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheMetaFileDeleteErrors.str()), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheGrowFileErrors.str()), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheWriteSsdErrors.str()), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(counterMap.count(kMetricSsdCacheWriteSsdDropped.str()), 1);
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
index a876a091e3d5..86bd9e9a14e1 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <numeric>
 
-#include "velox/common/base/Counters.h"
-#include "velox/common/base/StatsReporter.h"
-
 DEFINE_bool(ssd_odirect, true, "Use O_DIRECT for SSD cache IO");
 DEFINE_bool(ssd_verify_write, false, "Read back data after writing to SSD");
 
@@ -521,7 +517,7 @@ void SsdFile::updateStats(SsdCacheStats& stats) const {
   stats.openFileErrors += stats_.openFileErrors;
   stats.openCheckpointErrors += stats_.openCheckpointErrors;
   stats.openLogErrors += stats_.openLogErrors;
-  stats.deleteCheckpointErrors += stats_.deleteCheckpointErrors;
+  stats.deleteMetaFileErrors += stats_.deleteMetaFileErrors;
   stats.growFileErrors += stats_.growFileErrors;
   stats.writeSsdErrors += stats_.writeSsdErrors;
   stats.writeCheckpointErrors += stats_.writeCheckpointErrors;
@@ -638,57 +634,37 @@ void SsdFile::deleteCheckpoint(bool keepLog) {
   }
 
   if (evictLogWriteFile_ != nullptr) {
-    try {
-      if (keepLog) {
-        truncateEvictLogFile();
-      } else {
-        deleteEvictLogFile();
-      }
-    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-      ++stats_.deleteCheckpointErrors;
-      VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(ERROR) << "Error in deleting evictLog: " << e.what();
+    if (keepLog) {
+      truncateFile(evictLogWriteFile_.get());
+    } else {
+      deleteFile(std::move(evictLogWriteFile_));
     }
   }
 
   if (checkpointWriteFile_ != nullptr) {
-    deleteCheckpointFile();
+    deleteFile(std::move(checkpointWriteFile_));
   }
 }
 
-void SsdFile::truncateEvictLogFile() {
-  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(evictLogWriteFile_);
-  evictLogWriteFile_->truncate(0);
-  evictLogWriteFile_->flush();
+void SsdFile::truncateFile(WriteFile* file) {
+  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(file);
+  file->truncate(0);
+  file->flush();
 }
 
-void SsdFile::truncateCheckpointFile() {
-  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(checkpointWriteFile_);
-  checkpointWriteFile_->truncate(0);
-  checkpointWriteFile_->flush();
-}
-
-void SsdFile::deleteEvictLogFile() {
-  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(evictLogWriteFile_);
-  evictLogWriteFile_->close();
-  evictLogWriteFile_.reset();
-  const auto evictLogFilePath = getEvictLogFilePath();
-  if (fs_->exists(evictLogFilePath)) {
-    fs_->remove(evictLogFilePath);
-  }
-}
-
-void SsdFile::deleteCheckpointFile() {
-  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(checkpointWriteFile_);
+void SsdFile::deleteFile(std::unique_ptr<WriteFile> file) {
+  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(file);
+  const auto filePath = file->getName();
   try {
-    checkpointWriteFile_->close();
-    checkpointWriteFile_.reset();
-    const auto checkpointFilePath = getCheckpointFilePath();
-    if (fs_->exists(checkpointFilePath)) {
-      fs_->remove(checkpointFilePath);
+    file->close();
+    file.reset();
+    if (fs_->exists(filePath)) {
+      fs_->remove(filePath);
     }
   } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-    ++stats_.deleteCheckpointErrors;
-    VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(ERROR) << "Error in deleting checkpoint: " << e.what();
+    ++stats_.deleteMetaFileErrors;
+    VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(ERROR)
+        << fmt::format("Error in deleting file {}: {}", filePath, e.what());
   }
 }
 
@@ -776,7 +752,7 @@ void SsdFile::checkpoint(bool force) {
 
     try {
       VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(checkpointWriteFile_);
-      truncateCheckpointFile();
+      truncateFile(checkpointWriteFile_.get());
       // The checkpoint state file contains:
       // int32_t The 4 bytes of checkpoint version,
       // int32_t maxRegions,
@@ -859,34 +835,22 @@ void SsdFile::initializeCheckpoint() {
     return;
   }
 
-  bool hasCheckpoint = true;
-  std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> checkpointInputStream;
   filesystems::FileOptions writeFileOptions;
   writeFileOptions.shouldThrowOnFileAlreadyExists = false;
 
-  const auto checkpointPath = getCheckpointFilePath();
+  const auto checkpointPath = checkpointFilePath();
   try {
     checkpointWriteFile_ =
         fs_->openFileForWrite(checkpointPath, writeFileOptions);
-
-    auto checkpointReadFile = fs_->openFileForRead(checkpointPath);
-    checkpointInputStream = std::make_unique<common::FileInputStream>(
-        std::move(checkpointReadFile),
-        1 << 20,
-        memory::memoryManager()->cachePool());
-  } catch (std::exception& e) {
-    hasCheckpoint = false;
-    ++stats_.openCheckpointErrors;
-    VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(WARNING) << fmt::format(
-        "Error openning checkpoint file {}: Starting shard {} without checkpoint, with checksum write {}, read verification {}, checkpoint file {}",
-        e.what(),
-        shardId_,
-        checksumEnabled_ ? "enabled" : "disabled",
-        checksumReadVerificationEnabled_ ? "enabled" : "disabled",
-        checkpointPath);
+  } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    ++stats_.writeCheckpointErrors;
+    VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(ERROR) << fmt::format(
+        "Could not initilize checkpoint file {} for writing: {}: ",
+        checkpointPath,
+        e.what());
   }
 
-  const auto logPath = getEvictLogFilePath();
+  const auto logPath = evictLogFilePath();
   try {
     evictLogWriteFile_ = fs_->openFileForWrite(logPath, writeFileOptions);
   } catch (std::exception& e) {
@@ -896,9 +860,7 @@ void SsdFile::initializeCheckpoint() {
   }
 
   try {
-    if (hasCheckpoint) {
-      readCheckpoint(std::move(checkpointInputStream));
-    }
+    readCheckpoint();
   } catch (const std::exception& e) {
     ++stats_.readCheckpointErrors;
     try {
@@ -995,7 +957,22 @@ std::vector<T> readVector(common::FileInputStream* stream, int32_t size) {
 }
 } // namespace
 
-void SsdFile::readCheckpoint(std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream) {
+void SsdFile::readCheckpoint() {
+  const auto checkpointPath = checkpointFilePath();
+  std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream;
+  try {
+    auto checkpointReadFile = fs_->openFileForRead(checkpointPath);
+    stream = std::make_unique<common::FileInputStream>(
+        std::move(checkpointReadFile),
+        1 << 20,
+        memory::memoryManager()->cachePool());
+  } catch (std::exception& e) {
+    ++stats_.openCheckpointErrors;
+    VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(WARNING)
+        << fmt::format("Error openning checkpoint file {}: ", e.what());
+    return;
+  }
+
   const auto versionMagic = readString(stream.get(), 4);
   const auto checkpoinHasChecksum =
       isChecksumEnabledOnCheckpointVersion(versionMagic);
@@ -1003,7 +980,7 @@ void SsdFile::readCheckpoint(std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream) {
     VELOX_SSD_CACHE_LOG(WARNING) << fmt::format(
         "Starting shard {} without checkpoint: checksum is enabled but the checkpoint was made without checksum, so skip the checkpoint recovery, checkpoint file {}",
         shardId_,
-        getCheckpointFilePath());
+        checkpointPath);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -1026,7 +1003,7 @@ void SsdFile::readCheckpoint(std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream) {
     idMap[id] = StringIdLease(fileIds(), id, name);
   }
 
-  const auto logPath = getEvictLogFilePath();
+  const auto logPath = evictLogFilePath();
   const auto evictLogReadFile = fs_->openFileForRead(logPath);
   const auto logSize = evictLogReadFile->size();
   std::vector<uint32_t> evicted(logSize / sizeof(uint32_t));
@@ -1106,7 +1083,7 @@ void SsdFile::readCheckpoint(std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream) {
       writableRegions_.size(),
       checksumEnabled_ ? "enabled" : "disabled",
       checksumReadVerificationEnabled_ ? "enabled" : "disabled",
-      getCheckpointFilePath());
+      checkpointFilePath());
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::cache
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
index adc54fa437a7..c2c260270201 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
+++ b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct SsdCacheStats {
     openFileErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.openFileErrors);
     openCheckpointErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.openCheckpointErrors);
     openLogErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.openLogErrors);
-    deleteCheckpointErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.deleteCheckpointErrors);
+    deleteMetaFileErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.deleteMetaFileErrors);
     growFileErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.growFileErrors);
     writeSsdErrors = tsanAtomicValue(other.writeSsdErrors);
     writeSsdDropped = tsanAtomicValue(other.writeSsdDropped);
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ struct SsdCacheStats {
     result.openCheckpointErrors =
         openCheckpointErrors - other.openCheckpointErrors;
     result.openLogErrors = openLogErrors - other.openLogErrors;
-    result.deleteCheckpointErrors =
-        deleteCheckpointErrors - other.deleteCheckpointErrors;
+    result.deleteMetaFileErrors =
+        deleteMetaFileErrors - other.deleteMetaFileErrors;
     result.growFileErrors = growFileErrors - other.growFileErrors;
     result.writeSsdErrors = writeSsdErrors - other.writeSsdErrors;
     result.writeSsdDropped = writeSsdDropped - other.writeSsdDropped;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ struct SsdCacheStats {
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> openFileErrors{0};
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> openCheckpointErrors{0};
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> openLogErrors{0};
-  tsan_atomic<uint32_t> deleteCheckpointErrors{0};
+  tsan_atomic<uint32_t> deleteMetaFileErrors{0};
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> growFileErrors{0};
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> writeSsdErrors{0};
   tsan_atomic<uint32_t> writeSsdDropped{0};
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ class SsdFile {
   }
 
   /// Returns the eviction log file path.
-  std::string getEvictLogFilePath() const {
+  std::string evictLogFilePath() const {
     return fileName_ + kLogExtension;
   }
 
   /// Returns the checkpoint file path.
-  std::string getCheckpointFilePath() const {
+  std::string checkpointFilePath() const {
     return fileName_ + kCheckpointExtension;
   }
 
@@ -440,10 +440,9 @@ class SsdFile {
   // Verifies that 'entry' has the data at 'run'.
   void verifyWrite(AsyncDataCacheEntry& entry, SsdRun run);
 
-  // Reads a checkpoint state file and sets 'this' accordingly if read is
-  // successful. Return true for successful read. A failed read deletes the
-  // checkpoint and leaves the log truncated open.
-  void readCheckpoint(std::unique_ptr<common::FileInputStream> stream);
+  // Reads a checkpoint file and sets 'this' accordingly if read succeeds. A
+  // failed read deletes the checkpoint and leaves the truncated log open.
+  void readCheckpoint();
 
   // Logs an error message, deletes the checkpoint and stop making new
   // checkpoints.
@@ -488,17 +487,11 @@ class SsdFile {
   // file system not supporting cow feature.
   void disableFileCow();
 
-  // Truncates the eviction log file to 0.
-  void truncateEvictLogFile();
+  // Truncates the given file to 0.
+  void truncateFile(WriteFile* file);
 
-  // Truncates the checkpoint file to 0.
-  void truncateCheckpointFile();
-
-  // Deletes the eviction log file if it exists.
-  void deleteEvictLogFile();
-
-  // Deletes the checkpoint file if it exists.
-  void deleteCheckpointFile();
+  // Deletes the given file if it exists.
+  void deleteFile(std::unique_ptr<WriteFile> file);
 
   // Allocates 'kCheckpointBufferSize' buffer from cache memory pool for
   // checkpointing.
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/common/caching/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bec2e101fd5..df05dc5c69b2 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/common/caching/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PRIVATE
     Folly::folly
     velox_time
+    velox_file_test_utils
     glog::glog
     GTest::gtest
     GTest::gtest_main)
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/tests/CacheTestUtil.h b/velox/common/caching/tests/CacheTestUtil.h
index bcf08755a330..731da4e876a8 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/tests/CacheTestUtil.h
+++ b/velox/common/caching/tests/CacheTestUtil.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class SsdCacheTestHelper {
   uint64_t totalEvictionLogFilesSize() {
     uint64_t size = 0;
     for (auto& file : ssdCache_->files_) {
-      std::filesystem::path p{file->getEvictLogFilePath()};
+      std::filesystem::path p{file->evictLogFilePath()};
       size += std::filesystem::file_size(p);
     }
     return size;
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp b/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
index e9a0b6bc7a18..11eba733db77 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ TEST_F(SsdFileTest, fileCorruption) {
   // Corrupt the Checkpoint file. Cache cannot be recovered. All entries are
   // lost.
   ssdFile_->checkpoint(true);
-  corruptSsdFile(ssdFile_->getCheckpointFilePath());
+  corruptSsdFile(ssdFile_->checkpointFilePath());
   stats.clear();
   ssdFile_->updateStats(stats);
   EXPECT_EQ(stats.readCheckpointErrors, 0);
diff --git a/velox/common/file/File.h b/velox/common/file/File.h
index 99bdaabc1533..63e25953af52 100644
--- a/velox/common/file/File.h
+++ b/velox/common/file/File.h
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ class WriteFile {
   /// be needed to get the exact size written, and this should be able to be
   /// called after the file close.
   virtual uint64_t size() const = 0;
+
+  virtual const std::string getName() const {
+    VELOX_NYI("{} is not implemented", __FUNCTION__);
+  }
 };
 
 // We currently do a simple implementation for the in-memory files
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@ class LocalWriteFile final : public WriteFile {
     return size_;
   }
 
-  const std::string& getName() const {
+  const std::string getName() const final {
     return path_;
   }
 
diff --git a/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.cpp b/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.cpp
index a694afdb5302..a5984113f901 100644
--- a/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.cpp
@@ -134,4 +134,12 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> FaultyWriteFile::getAttributes()
 void FaultyWriteFile::close() {
   delegatedFile_->close();
 }
+
+uint64_t FaultyWriteFile::size() const {
+  return delegatedFile_->size();
+}
+
+const std::string FaultyWriteFile::getName() const {
+  return delegatedFile_->getName();
+}
 } // namespace facebook::velox::tests::utils
diff --git a/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.h b/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.h
index dd54c6101d27..6d73eaebe625 100644
--- a/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.h
+++ b/velox/common/file/tests/FaultyFile.h
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ class FaultyWriteFile : public WriteFile {
 
   void close() override;
 
-  uint64_t size() const override {
-    return delegatedFile_->size();
-  }
+  uint64_t size() const override;
+
+  const std::string getName() const override;
 
  private:
   const std::string path_;